00:00PAS Youth has thrown its weight behind former lecturer Kamarul Zaman Yusuf in his legal
00:06battle with Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeo.
00:10The defamation suit filed by Yeo stemmed from allegations that Kamarul falsely accused her
00:15of using religion for political purposes.
00:18In a statement today, PAS Youth Chief Afnan Hamimi Taib Azamuddin said Kamarul's statements
00:24against Yeo were factual analysis and not slander as claimed by the minister.
00:30He said the wing views the issue seriously, especially when it contradicts the country's
00:35official religion and touches on Malay-Muslim sensitivities, disrupting societal harmony
00:40in the country.
00:43In 2022, Yeo, the Sengabut MP, filed a lawsuit against Kamarul, a former special officer
00:49to then-Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaacob, over two Facebook posts from May 2017, where
00:55he accused her of using her biography to push a Christian agenda and attempting to convert
01:00Malaysia into a Christian country.
01:03Yeo claims the accusations are false and defamatory, seeking general, aggravated and exemplary
01:08damages, while Kamarul defends his posts as justified and not defamatory.
01:14Danish Raja Reza, FMT News.
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